t - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

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The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors
L. U. NO. B-316. NASHVILLE, TENN, Blrother and Mrs. Eugene C eton cle- achieved will justify the meansthen open
Editor:
Brated their twenty third wedding i nniver- the charter.
SinCe last toltbr. whn, our local was sary on tilh twenty-third of .Tainlhry.
Some of the members look upon the or-
organield, we have been busy oranizing and The Ien . iltee on revin. mI of by ,awn nub ganization as a kind of Masonic Lodge andI
etrting acquainted with h , work. e Since this nutted a pnlltia report. Serving o commit would restrict the membership to those who
i the ,er.nee ill liis have to go
t(e ire Brothers Nas,,o I]luet'thai anli Sec- unlerstrndd thile lue of organ.izitoii anie are
through, there was ,no otlr lens to writ. retiary Boudway. Ienry Provast hbs i-iturned willienaI to pay for it. But all workers are not
about.
from another a!henel with illness and we all ora/z ,tion eoni.cions and to increase the
We've been like iis wailtirg for Chritmats jlin in wishing him a comlIeta rel..ere. The alue el thoi organization for gaining better
and hoping we would got s... ethin g Food alunil election of the C. 1,. U, returrn,l, the working coditti.in.s, thesP nCn .urin. workers
Now Christmas has come t some of the writer s prirsident. At the I'i" Streit te- must lie got iteo the local. It is not so nrich
enmployees, for they know their now rating
finn the writer saw a vr l,'ttily pointer granting these non-unilon workers a privian,
elassifilntions with till Authority, and
baliol This is being slw rIiseld by ,rs. Ilg as getting their support to gain further
some of ns, as yet, lie still witing, hut we Dick iLerow and the berti f wishe. ire ieing priv ilhes for yourself.
feel sure in the next few days we, too, will exte.dletdi ninnhey friednh -
Then the inside wiremen want anl agree-
know how we rate.
The repiic of the cn .. iitnttee on the testiment. It may sound easy-but when you have
Onr llst meettin was the test we have menial dinner for Brother Kilniartin showed about eight inside wiremen out of a member-
hnd si far. Anid hliv rlnuldln't it have been? that a gooad in. weas me issed by those not ship nf ar, n id 140,. and about 10 contractors
We haIl to brdk tilhe ire to et tilere. The
attending. Chekling up on reports oin New to deali with, well. you can have compli.a-
x other was zero. an d whiien II . ot thore we Years* partl I found that a numbler of the inns. Iasil wi rermen in large cities, by high
founi the ice brken,, alnd sallie information
boys were in the doghouse for one reason or inetiltiton fele and high dIes, ean choule
we have bee, waiting for.
another Iutt I am reliably infrn that their membersh' ip and eontract for closed
Brothers T. 13. Mller and Clifford flill, our {lera ne papers have been isslIted and the shop Iagreci'tnit[" with seected contractors.
representatives to the reelassilcat ion con- {oT s are i circulation ag in. l.Imie Seymour The resalijg, agreements read Ilke fairy tales
frence at Knoxville, read their reports of rolplrin a tooth has ariveild frr the little to is ill 1he stirk andi our endlIores to ems,-
this meeting ani. in lmost ues it was in- Seymour. The eagl eye of Brother Simpson late lead to disaster. True nnough, in uildstructive
ani satisfaiitory. for I we ere not liseoverled a broken spri-g on one of the ing lilorns. we can approach this ideal, ihut
expecting to get evrything oIe could wish trucks he was filling with gasoline and aeing the beom a.nd ir bubble burst tngether Then
for. Al.o some suggctotilen were reanl that safety /inided and wishing to prvent a plr- our nelibecrs, faced with the stern reality of
our international represeintaltes sent, hat sihle accident repoiitd it Lto Brother (Cnary,. making a living and keeping aungry mouths
would he helpfll to eaeh memler, and we the gar.g. lho foreman, had it prom-ptly ifiled, .urk far anybody, dig up jobs for
hope to proft by thers.
repaired, Safety first. We wolder if Brother themseII-es. bcermr earpet bagters, and the
The reelassification, of the nmn at the 'ictIlr Erickson will have a wi nter arnval first thing we know there is no agreement.
steam plant has just iben cormpleted.l. andi in on his rlcentl paorehneei farm? The boeys Then the wires bues organizers fly in. look
most cases has bleen' cry satisfatory. There
will be Iatld to acept an invitation Our treas- over the situation, decide it is hopeless. don
are a couple of cases that arl not saLisfaieurer, irotliher John Di mner, was the victim their parachutes and hop off again.
tory, and steps are being taken to try to of an acidlent that caused much merriment But the situatiun is not hopleIas. Here ill
correct these, but we are not are of the for tinse, pivileged to witness it and calsed Alberta we have In Industrial Standards Act
decision in these rises. }ioIever, it is a sit- his face to get red, rd, ,and redder. Here's that sets up Itind r lad of working conditions
uation which the loCal shou.ld se everything
the se.l,) Brother Dimmier went shopping for different classes of industry. The bakers,
in its power to corret, n rid if the group wilt u was all loaded up with bundles (not auto mechanatl, barbers, etc., have taken ad-
Put Its best ii straightening these cases iloaded ip with liquid refo~hlcrts and he vantage of this Act, and have bettered their
out it will give us ilsel. confiiene in eur- boariedl a bus to go home and here's what conditdins masunrahly. In most cases they
soeles and prove to us that by organization happelled: A hag full of oranges broke and had nIo organization to take the initiative and
there is strength.
they wont all oer the floor. In stooping to their runditions were deplorable. We have an
I would like to convey my regrets to Iittli retriee them another bag full of grnpefrult organiration that can take the initative and
Boy Blue" of Local B-429. for depriving hrokI anti they joined the oranges, and would this lpeal has kept up a standard of condi-
him of informing the readers that Local No. you belilVe it the passengers on the bus intioes that is a basis for negotiation.
B-316 had installedi its charter. towever, we
stead of helping our good Brother. laughed An igreenment under this Art is applicable
meet in Local No. B-42p' hall and some day and laughed and with every laugh John's to all those engagel in that branch of the
we may bump into each other andI then I face got redder and redder.
trade--otinII or non union- and can be en-
cn, express my regrets to bhin personally. In desperation John picked ip the fruit and forell by law Lhrough the pnolice lepatment.
Due to valuable crviees rntdlered by two
threw it in the pail that is carried i slippery It is not always possible or desirable to
stewards that were appninted temporarily, it weather for sand, but the years of being the have every nan who works at inside wiring
was thought adlvi.ahle t, elect stewards per- watchdog of the treasury taught him he ih loah me are only part time emnaiently,
and this was done at our last should not throw away the fruit so he conployees and they would be hard to keep track
meeting, since we di jot have a business tiniied to the end of the line and after all of and collect dues from. But it is certainly
agent. and we believe this is a definite step passengers hal got off he picked it all up. an advantage t ]lave all the steady employees
tllken to keep our organization in good run- But that diiid not end his troubles. As he was organized if only to naintain a nucleus for
tling condition.
eCnlihing np the stairs to his home another keeping control of the situation. There have
J. M. IHUT, JR. bag contaninig several loaves of bread broke been as many as 60 or more inside wiremen
and out fell the bread. So if you read in the in the I. B. E. W. in Calgary and it can
inear future that John Dimmer has
L.
gon..e
U. NO.
on
333, I'O'RTLANd, MAINE
happen again.
record as seeking a congr.esslnal investiga- This letter
Sditor:
is in answer to the Brothers
tion of paper bags and demanding bigger and who complain
Well, here
that
goes
I do
for
not
the
write
Pine Tree
enough
State. sltronger paper bags you will of course know
We started the new
local
year
news.
off right with the what promnpted it and being good Brothers of
initiation of three
[. C. DlAw.
new metners at hlst the I. B., L. W. please do not assist him with
meeting. Brother Paul Webb has been pro- advice as he has had plenty of that, (Believe
moted from linemall, Portland division, to it or not he is iot a drinking man.)
L. U. NO. 349, MIAMI. FLA,
foreman, Berwick division, and all the boys
iHOnAct E. Ilowc. Editor:
wish him every success. 'resideit Philip Place
was named to represent
Now
the
that
local on
the
the
rush
con-
and bustle of a busy
vention committee of the Central Labor Li. U. NO. 348, CALGARY, ALTA. work season is just about over and everything
Union.
is
The
in
convention
shape
of the State Federa- Editor:
for the entertainment and. pleasure
of our visiting
tion Colyvule
tourists, I
oi l
find
June
time
11 at
to
Portland, Maine. To open the eharter,, not to open the
Many
jot
members
down a few
will
words
attend
and
the
comments.
Social Se- harter--that is the question!
It seems
curity
that the
celebration,
state of
June
California
27, when
has
three moem- In a mixed local it is often difficult to ad- always
hers
had
of
a
the
great
street
reputation
earmen's
for
local
"unu.ual
will be just the ideals of the various h ranches of the
honored as the first union
weather"
men to
and
receive
Floridla, not to he outdone, now
craft to a hard and fast rule. If the linemen has Ion Its
benefits
bands
under
a lil
the
uf 'unusual
old age
wea..
assistance
lir."
benefits and allied branches have aisitaiinied condi-
of the
For
Act. The
the past
C.
few
L. U.
days
is spnnsoring
the thermometer
the
has
tions that are virtually closed shop beenuse been hovering
dinner
too close
and
to
Internalltional
the frost line
Representative
to
of their lose association with a municipal
Eddie Fessenden
suit
is
us.
expected
The continued
to attend.
cold has
The
just about
utility, then this lucky eondition--which they ruined
March
ali the tender winter
of
eroep
Dimes ea.llpani
in the
was warmly rI- have inherited-ehould not pre-ont another
eieled
state
and Treasurer
except those
Dimmer
around
will
Miami.
forward
Tonight we
gnIpIIi frol trying to build up a similar coI-
check shortly. Donation
have been
to
promised
the Finnish
freezing
Relief
weather. I hope
ditlon, no as to increase their hargaining it doesn't
Fund
ruin
was unanimously
the strawberry
voted.
plants I have
power with a different utility. If the end been coddling all summer and fall. Too bad